Re: Feminization of plurals?
| From: | Christophe Grandsire-Koevoets <tsela.cg@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 10:15 |
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2009/2/11 Steven A. Williams <ignisglaciesque@...>
> German, for one. 'Die' is both the feminine singular, and the plural
> definite article.
>
> 'Das Buch' (the book NEUTER)
> 'Die Bücher' (the books)
>
> 'Der Baum' (the tree MASCULINE)
> 'Die Bäume' (the trees)
>
> 'Die Katz' (the cat FEMININE)
> 'Die Katzen' (the cats)
>
> Now, the plural had differentiated gender back in the old days, but the
> plural articles collapsed into a form identical to the feminine singular at
> some point.
>
>
There's also the pronoun "sie", meaning "she" or "they" (Dutch has the same:
"zij" means both "she" or "they").
--
Christophe Grandsire-Koevoets.
http://christophoronomicon.blogspot.com/
http://www.christophoronomicon.nl/
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